[meteorite-list] Barringer Meteor $$$$
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:37 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV21BDdfZB0QE00001599_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C314FC.918914A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The always helpful Steve schoner wrote: My opinion... Meteor Crater should be owned by the people of the United States, and managed by the National Park Service. The mining claim is invalid; there is no mineable meteorite resource in or under the southern rim, and the only thing being mined are the pockets of those now paying to see it. The opinion of many, including myself would agree with that. As I wrote = in my latest Collectors Corner article their is no way I would have paid = the $14.00 (per a person) I did a couple months ago had I not traveled al= l that way just to see it. By comparison, a whole family can visit the g= rand canyon for $20.00 for a car load. It seems to me that upkeep at the= Grand Canyon would cost much more then upkeep at Meteor Crater. I think= that the history of the crater given by the currant owners is totally bi= as and in very ill towards a man many of us hold with the greatest esteem= (Nininger). Further by definition of national law of protecting sites o= f historic or scientific interest, I do not understand why the Barringer = family has been allowed to keep the crater. To say that the land feature= does not warrant national protection is wrong. Since no meteorites have= ever been mined and claimed by the Barringer family, it seems to me thei= r claim is not valid. It is not hard to understand why Nininger was bitt= er about the way he was treated by many including the Barringers. How n= ice it would have been to visit the crater, and this nice meteorite museu= m that could have been......and yet one man wanted nothing more then to d= onate his lifetime of work for just such a thing (Nininger). =20 Sorry for the short rant and rave.... Mark Bostick www.MeteoriteArticles.com ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C314FC.918914A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>The always hel= pful Steve schoner wrote:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My opinion...<BR><= BR>Meteor Crater should be owned by the people of the<BR>United States, a= nd managed by the National Park<BR>Service. The mining claim is inv= alid; there is no<BR>mineable meteorite resource in or under the southern= <BR>rim, and the only thing being mined are the pockets of<BR>those now p= aying to see it.<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The opinion of man= y, including myself would agree with that. As I wrote in my latest = Collectors Corner article their is no way I would have paid the $14.00 (p= er a person) I did a couple months ago had I not traveled all t= hat way just to see it. By comparison, a whole family can visit the= grand canyon for $20.00 for a car load. It seems to me that u= pkeep at the Grand Canyon would cost much more then upkeep at Meteor Crat= er. I think that the history of the crater given by the currant own= ers is totally bias and in very ill towards a man many of us hold with th= e greatest esteem (Nininger). Further by definition of national law= of protecting sites of historic or scientific interest, I do not underst= and why the Barringer family has been allowed to keep the crater. T= o say that the land feature does not warrant national protection is wrong= . Since no meteorites have ever been mined and claimed by the Barri= nger family, it seems to me their claim is not valid. It is not har= d to understand why Nininger was bitter about the way he was treated by m= any including the Barringers. How nice it would have been to = visit the crater, and this nice meteorite museum that could have been....= ..and yet one man wanted nothing more then to donate his lifetime of work= for just such a thing (Nininger). </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So= rry for the short rant and rave....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Bos= tick</DIV> <DIV>www.MeteoriteArticles.com</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>&n= bsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C314FC.918914A0-- Received on Thu 08 May 2003 01:55:50 AM PDT |
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